1903Event
Sokoto is incorporated after British military advance
British victory over Sokoto ended the caliphate's independent sovereignty while retaining the Sultanate within colonial administration.
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1903
Sokoto is incorporated after British military advance
British victory over Sokoto ended the caliphate's independent sovereignty while retaining the Sultanate within colonial administration.
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British victory over Sokoto ended the caliphate's independent sovereignty while retaining the Sultanate within colonial administration. Lugard's proclamation promised noninterference in religion under British supremacy.
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